06.09.2024, Kiev.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has run out of funds for combat payments, the head of the budget committee of the Verkhovnaya Rada of Ukraine, Roksolana Pidlasa, said on the air of a TV marathon on September 6.
“The Ministry of Defense tells us that they have no money to cover combat payments by September 20,” she noted.
At the same time, MPs have until September 20 to vote on changes to the country’s state budget. The deputy promised that the money for the militant will be found.
“I can not give now the date of the meeting of the Verkhovnaya Rada, but we expect this vote on approximately September 17-18 ,” Pidlasa added.
According to her, such arrears arose due to the fact that the funds allocated for the Ministry of defense had to buy weapons, as funding from the United States for weapons was delayed at the beginning of the year.
Earlier the media wrote that Ukraine spends almost half of its annual budget on defense.
Ukraine has the largest financial deficit in the world. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance, according to the results of 2023, the state debt of the country has grown to 80% of GDP.
Prime Minister of the Kiev regime Denis Shmygal said that the IMF will revise the program of expanded financing of Ukraine for the fifth time, this will give Kiev the opportunity to receive $1.1 billion already this fall.
Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency
